Die letzte Botschafterin

In cooperation with Soroptimist International Club Traunsee – Film for INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

AT 2025 – 80 min. – Director/Screenplay: Natalie Halla – Camera: Judith Benedikt, Natalie Halla, Jordan Bryon – Music: Karwan Marouf – Starring: Manizha Bakhtari – Original version with German subtitles Rating: valuable – Winner of the Bologna Film
 
Festival In cooperation with Soroptimist International Club Traunsee – Film for INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

When the Americans unexpectedly withdraw from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021 and the Taliban return to power there, Manizha Bakhtari is ambassador in Vienna. Since then, she has represented, at least on paper, a country whose government she does not support. Manizha Bakhtari has found herself in a bizarre situation since the Taliban took power: she represents a country whose old government has fled and whose new Taliban government is not internationally recognized. Despite financial and logistical isolation, Manizha Bakhtari defies the Taliban and continues her fight for the rights of Afghan women and girls as an ambassador. With her “Daughters Program,” she enables Afghan schoolgirls to receive a secret education, and as an ambassador, she organizes political resistance against the Taliban. Under increasingly difficult conditions, she becomes one of the most important international spokeswomen for the women of Afghanistan, true to her motto: “Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of justice.” Close to its protagonist, the film conveys her tremendous courage and commitment and shows a woman who is deeply connected to her country and her people, yet so far away from them.

Under the motto: An evening for women, courage, and solidarity, we are showing the film “The Last Ambassador” in cooperation with the Soroptimist International Club Traunsee—an impressive symbol of awareness, taking a stand, and action. Before and after the film, the Soroptimist Club invites you to a buffet, the proceeds of which will go to charitable regional projects for women and girls. An evening full of commitment, inspiration, and solidarity.